Rutt v. Bethlehems' Globe Publishing Co.

McEWEN, Judge:

Presently before this Court are the consolidated appeals from the disposition of cross-motions for summary judgment filed by the parties to a libel action. The trial court granted the motion for partial summary judgment filed by Ronald R. Rutt, Sr., hereinafter appellant, after concluding as a matter of law that (1) the article at issue was capable of defamatory meaning, and (2) that appellant was a private figure plaintiff for purposes of the libel action. The motion of appellees, the Bethlehems’ Globe Times, John Strohmeyer and James B. Gaffney, for partial summary judgment…